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Posted: **Tue Apr 13, 2010 9:15 pm**

I'll say it right now, find me the biggest, baddest, no airbags old town you can and i'll go surf whatever wave it is they can find. I bet longboatin' or lengthy will join too. ...and buy me a plane ticket. It's time for canoes to get back on top!

Posted: **Tue Apr 13, 2010 9:29 pm**

When they're ready to surf at Mavericks or Jaws... I'll come and watch.

Posted: **Tue Apr 13, 2010 10:41 pm**

CosmikDebris wrote:I'll say it right now, find me the biggest, baddest, no airbags old town you can and i'll go surf whatever wave it is they can find. I bet longboatin' or lengthy will join too. ...and buy me a plane ticket. It's time for canoes to get back on top!

need a bow(left) man?

Posted: **Tue Apr 13, 2010 11:13 pm**

And just for the record, I DON'T think OC-1 freestyle is a joke, I think it's goofy as heck, certainly not the best craft for doing it, possibly even a bit contrived. But not a joke, and most of the people competing DO take it seriously. It's a helluva challenge, but has a lot of untapped potential, and is actually an awful lot of fun.... but you knew that already.

Posted: **Tue Apr 13, 2010 11:51 pm**

Freestyle Canoists can only possibly be doing it for their own masochistic enjoyment;

It follows that we're just a bunch of guys and gals who are dam well serious about having fun.

Posted: **Wed Apr 14, 2010 12:34 am**

i agree Clown ... the more i play the more i have fun .... and it does look goofy with trying tricks in an OC-1 but i want to learn and get better cuz playing makes boating the creeks more fun

Posted: **Wed Apr 14, 2010 1:06 am**

This line from their post says it all:

We are starting our own World Championships.

Not exactly sure what makes it a world championships when they are only interested in having their friends there. Sounds more like an extreme kyack version of an armada.

KNeal

Posted: **Wed Apr 14, 2010 1:47 am**

Did somebody say Longboat surfin?

I'm in.

Posted: **Wed Apr 14, 2010 1:53 am**

I used to get bent out of shape and angry at the unenlightened that have spouted their hatred for at least the 25 years I have identified myself as a canoer.
Today I realized that sometimes I still have those feelings...but f@*% 'em.
Let's continue to have fun canoeing and if they happen to be in the way, well I guess our unmaneuverable barges need to run them down.

Posted: **Wed Apr 14, 2010 2:06 am**

The announcement says it all.....

"Big Wave World Championships Of Freestyle Kayaking."

I hope they enjoy themselves...on water no where close to me!

Posted: **Wed Apr 14, 2010 2:42 am**

PAC wrote:The announcement says it all.....

"Big Wave World Championships Of Freestyle Kayaking."

I hope they enjoy themselves...on water no where close to me!

Cheers to that.

Posted: **Wed Apr 14, 2010 3:21 am**

Well, since they don't want OC's playing their game....

Jeremy Laucks and Blackfly Canoes are pleased to announce the Intergalactic Big Water Open Canoe Invitational Championship Death Match. The IBWOCICDM will occur at some point in the next five years, depending on conditions. Please block off you calendar, in case we decide to invite you. We probably won't invite you though; you just aren't good enough. However, please realize that we're taking this so far underground that even if you are invited, you might not know when the IBWOCICDM is going to happen until after the event is over. We probably won't invite you, you're not good enough. The IBWOCICDM is intended to be the most progressive open canoe event in the universe, featuring the best canoers from all the galaxies in which canoes are known to exist. The details of the format for the event are yet to be determined, but we assure you it will be so far ahead of it's time, we likely won't be able to figure out who won, or what exactly we did until several years after the event. Stay tuned for more info.

...all in good fun. I think what they're trying to do has it's place, and hope they can pull it off in a way that actually works.

Posted: **Wed Apr 14, 2010 3:37 am**

I'm in dude... or not... unless I'm dead... from competing in the Big Wave Worlds... or a chain-saw accident.

Just don't forget the other upcoming event.

Craig Smerda is considering starting the "teeny-tiny wave & hole world freestyle championships"... only the smallest waves, with the worst paddlers in the most inappropriate boats... going the littlest.

"go little or go home"

Posted: **Wed Apr 14, 2010 3:43 am**

LOL Jeremy and Craig

Posted: **Wed Apr 14, 2010 6:29 am**

Yes these guys are going huge.....but, they are still sitting down and even using training blades!!...When will they learn to man up!!

How lame is that.....

I will still look forwards to having a great time at Plattling and NOC with some really talented canoe paddlers...and all round great guys..

Chris